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News in Brief - Fri, Aug, 28, 2015 - 22:30 GMT

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1. The US president reaffirms his commitment to maintain what he calls Israel's military edge in the Middle East.

2. Bahrain security forces have attacked anti-regime protesters in the village of Diraz using tear gas and rubber bullets.

3. Israeli forces have attacked Palestinians demonstrating in the occupied West bank village of Nabi Saleh against Tel Aviv's land grabs.

4. The latest Saudi airstrikes have killed at least 12 people and wounded 28 others in Yemen's Ibb province.

5. At least 60 Turkish forces have reportedly been killed during clashes with militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, P-K-K since July the 7th.

6. Turkish President Rejeb Tayyib Erdogan has approved an interim cabinet list proposed by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu ahead of November the first elections.

7. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has revealed that Syria's conflict has displaced nearly half of the country's 23-million population since 20-11.

8. Police in Italy have arrested ten suspected smugglers in connection with the deaths of 52 asylum seekers.

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